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Bullying

It seems one hears another story about bullying and it's effects. It would be good to start a discussion about it; anything and everything to do with bullying and what can be done about it.

It was horrible to watch how those kids were taunting Karen Klein and the kids getting such a thrill out of it. It just really hits one's heart and I have to wonder what gives anyone the right to do that to others?

Re: Bullying

I wonder, too, why is it that, starting right from a young age, that it seems to be harder to share, but easier to be aggressive? I don't know if I'm saying that right, but what one hears from little kids is 'mine, mine' instead of sharing a toy.

I'm trying to pin down to where this can all start as it's a subject dear to my heart and wonder if somehow it can be turned around in some way?

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

True love is wanting to give to another person without any thought about
who’s getting the better of the deal.

Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise

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One of the biggest problems is that society itself promotes egotistical behavior from a very young age onwards. Often the parents are not one iota better, so I am not even sure we should blame these kids.

But we should rather blame the idiots that are legally responsible for them. The buck does not stop with the parents, but with the elected officials, and the institutions that are in charge of looking after these kids.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. - Rabindranath Tagore

Keep true to the dreams of your youth. - Friedrich Schiller

The only philosophy which can be responsibly practised in face of despair is the attempt to contemplate all things as they would present themselves from the standpoint of redemption. - Theodor Adorno

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Your post is great and so true, too. I, too, think it definitely starts with the parents. Parents fight in front of kids all the time, keep on trying to prove a point and to be right. No one ever really wins, and the kids get to witness that and it just keeps on going for them, too.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

True love is wanting to give to another person without any thought about
who’s getting the better of the deal.

Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise

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Great thread for discussion Luba! Great replies as well Vautrin.

I can agree with you both it's not just a problem for the youth, even though that is what we more so hear about in the headlines. I think the issue has been an epidemic for years. Very unfortunate society has yet to get a grip on the matter. It's been swept under the rug for years. I think some people do it without even realizing it. It's so important to instill kindness into the hearts of our youth.